Zhang Decheng took out a belt from his sleeve. Song Chengze looked at the dark green belt. It was a very common style commonly used by palace ladies, nothing special about it.
Zhang Decheng didn't wait for Song Chengze to ask again, and said repeatedly, "This belt belongs to Wang Chenghai."
"What did you say?" Song Chengze frowned, his face full of disbelief.
"Your Majesty, please look." Zhang Decheng turned the belt over and pointed at the words inside. "There are three drops of water on it. Every one of his belts has three drops of water embroidered on it. I don't want it to be confused with others."
Song Chengze grabbed the belt and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, it was embroidered with a three-drop water pattern in black thread.
"Also, there's gold thread on this water drop. When Wang Chenghai entered the palace that day, he told me that the gold thread was a gift from the princess. Miss Lixia embroidered it for him. It's the only one of its kind. He even wore this belt specially when he entered the palace that day."
Song Chengze stood up suddenly, thinking about the corpses that day. He didn't know how many of the prince's men had entered the palace, but he saw Wang Chenghai escorting Meng Qi into the palace.
Song Chengze paced back and forth. If this belt really belonged to Wang Chenghai, did that mean Meng Qi...
Song Chengze suddenly became excited and clapped his hands happily. Suddenly he stopped and his face became tense again. If she and Wang Chenghai really escaped from that tunnel, why didn't she come to find him?
Or was it that only Wang Chenghai escaped and he didn't dare to come back?
Or maybe... Song Chengze suddenly remembered the promise Meng Qi made to him when they were newly married.
Zhang Decheng watched Song Chengze standing there, staring out the window, motionless. After thinking for a while, he stepped forward and said, "There's one more thing. Now that everything in Kunning Palace has been cleaned up, especially the East Side Hall, which has been decorated almost like the courtyard where the princess used to live. Yuandong has told me twice that I want to go back."
"Going back? Where is she going? Could she be going back to the Meng family?" Song Chengze turned around. After Meng Qi left, none of the servants she brought with her had followed her to the palace. Madam Liu and Yuan Yue had been sent out early. He had asked about this at the time, but Meng Qi had simply said that Wang Shi had requested their assistance. The rest had either returned to the Meng family or remained in Jing'an Garden.
Only Yuan Dong was assigned to decorate the East Side Hall. He had originally wanted her to be the head maid of Kunning Palace. Hearing Zhang Decheng's words today, Song Chengze sighed. He couldn't let Meng Qi's most trusted maid spend her whole life in a palace without a master.
"Yuan Dong didn't say she wanted to go back to the Meng family. I heard that she has only one sister, who lives in the farm that the Marquis's wife came with as a dowry. I'm afraid she will go there." Zhang Decheng said.
Song Chengze nodded. He slowly walked back to the throne and sat down. "What's the situation with Madam Liu and Yuanyue? Have you seen them since the princess's accident?"
Zhang Decheng was stunned. He really hadn't paid attention to these two people. Since the end of last year, there were too many things to do and he had no time to take care of them. Especially after Song Chengze took this position, he was promoted to the chief eunuch, and he was so busy with so many things that he was overwhelmed.
Yes, even after the princess had such a big incident, he had never seen Liu Mama and Yuan Yue. Even after he entered the palace, it was inconvenient for them, but when the incident first happened, he stayed in the Rui Palace for a long time.
"When they left, they said the Marquis's wife wanted them to do something. Since the princess's accident, I haven't seen them, nor have I heard them ask anyone to inquire about the news."
Song Chengze frowned. This was not normal. Those two were Meng Qi's confidants, especially Mother Liu. In Meng Qi's eyes, she was not a servant at all.
Song Chengze tapped the table lightly. Something was wrong. Even if he had heard the news and accepted the facts, even if it was inconvenient to enter the palace, he should still go to the palace to take a look. He had clearly ordered that Meng Qi's servants could still enter and leave the palace freely.
Also, why would Wang Shi need her daughter's servants for such a long time?
"Tell Yuandong that I allow her to go home. Remember, as soon as she leaves the palace, send someone to keep an eye on her, no matter where she goes. Secondly, send someone to find out where Liu Mama and Yuan Yue are now, and also find out what the Marquis' wife has sent them to do, and what it is. Go and call Zhou Yu to me."
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Meng Wan listened to Zhou Yu's ramblings. "Tell me, what does the emperor mean by this? Why is he asking me what I've been busy with lately? Have I met anyone? He's also asking me if you're hiding something from him? Haha, what could you possibly be hiding from him? It's really strange. If the emperor hadn't been so serious, I would have laughed out loud."
Meng Wan paused as he was pouring tea for Zhou Yu and smiled bitterly in his heart. This silly girl, the emperor had just ascended the throne some time ago and there were so many things to do. When he had some free time, how could he not recall and investigate carefully?
Moreover, she now lives in that farm. Although no one knows about it, it is not a secret that can be kept secret for a long time. Now even she and her mother know about it. As the saying goes, many people will make many mouths. No matter how much you try to stop it, the news will eventually leak out.
Meng Wan thought again of how Meng Qi looked when she and Wang Shi went to the farm the day before yesterday to see her. It was undeniable that Meng Qi was happy and free, and she had the freedom and comfort she wanted.
But after he finished telling her about the palace, especially the emperor's various behaviors, she fell silent again. Her eyes showed entanglement, reluctance, and attachment. Yes, it was attachment. In fact, Meng Qi also loved the emperor, but she didn't know it, or maybe she didn't want to admit it?
Now that the Emperor had asked Zhou Yu about it, it proved that he was either beginning to suspect something or that he had some evidence. She didn't know what the Emperor was planning, let alone what he would do after learning that Meng Qi was still alive. She only knew that even if the Emperor didn't hear from Zhou Yu that he wanted to know, he would find out through other channels sooner or later.
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